Detachable shoe buckle



w. WHITE. DETACHABLE SHOE BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED MIN/5.1921.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

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DETACI-IABLE Application filed May 5, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILL AM WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainville, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Detachable Shoe Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in detachable shoe buckles, and the primary object thereof is to provide means for securing the buckle in position on the shoe, in a manner to hold the buckle firmly against accidental removal, and at the same time to allow easy and quick detachment of the buckle as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide fastening means for the buckle which is not visible and which at the same time is formed in part of the body of the buckle, so that by manipulation of said part, the buckle can be secured in and removed from its position on the slipper.

Further and other objects will be later set forth and manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a slipper with the invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a rear plan view of the invention; and

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1. y

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a buckle is provided which may be of any form or shape and which may be ornamented as preferred. The buckle consists of an open frame 1 which has a removable center part 2, the part 2 being formed with a pair of rigid depending arms 3 secured at their upper ends to the center part 2 and at their lower ends being provided with a series of prongs a. The arms 3 are spaced and offset at 5 so as to lie in slightly spaced relation to the bottom of the frame 1, and extend through opening 7 in the frame. The pronged extensions or arms 4: it will be seen project below the bottom of the frame as illustrated in the drawing, and provide hinged connections for the central part 2 to allow the latter to be moved to the dotted lined position of Figure 3 in applying the buckle to Specification of Letters Patent.

a slipper or the like.

siren BUCKLE.

Patented Aug. 8, i322,

Serial Il'o. 466,919.

An ordinary form of snap catch 6 is used to connect the top side of the central part 2 to the frame 1.

In operation, that catch 6 is disengaged whereupon the central part 2 is moved to the dotted line position of Figure 3, causing the pronged arms 1- to be spaced rearwardly of the bottom of the frame 1, whereupon the buckle is placed on the top of the slipper with the bottom of the frame engaged on the outside of the slipper and the pronged arms 4 on the inside thereof. Following this the part 2 is moved to the full line position in the drawings and held by the snap catch 6, thus causing the prongs 4 to engage on the inside of the slipper and at the same time to cause the arms 4 to effect a clamping action on the part of the slipper engaged thereby so as to hold said parts clamped between the arms and the rear face of the bottom of the frame 1.

In this way the buckle is held against all movement, the prongs a acting to bite into the slipper to prevent upward or downward movement of the buckle, lateral and downward movement being also prevented in addition by the top edge of the slipper which engages the offsets 5 of the arms 8.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Le ters Patent is 1. In a shoe buckle, an open frame having openings adjacent its bottom, a member in said frame opening having a pair of depending and offset arms which project through said openings so as to allow the member to swing into and out of the frame opening, said arms having prongs on their lower ends which extend toward the front side of the frame, and the offsets engaging the top edge of the slipper front and arranged to receive said slipper top edge be tween the arms and the rear side of the frame, and with the prongs biting into the slipper, and a snap catch for the member to hold same in the frame opening and with the arms clamping the slipper top between same and the front of the frame.

2. In a shoe buckle, an open frame, a member in the frame, means borne by the member to hingedly connect same to the frame and to grip the slipper between same and the frame, and a fastening to connect the member to the frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name-to this specification inthe' presence 10 of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM WHITE.

3. In a shoe buckle, an open frame, a member in the frame, arms depending fronr the member and extending through apertures provided therefor in the frame and having roughened parts to grip the rear side of the slipper, and hold same against the rear side of the frame, and fastening means to hold the member in the frame.

Vvitnesses:

MARION A. KINGSLEY, J. A. MILLER. 

